Joshua Dysart

Joshua Dysart – Comic Book Writer

Q: Who is Joshua Dysart?A: Joshua Dysart is an Eisner Award nominated and New York Times bestselling comic book writer from Corpus Christi, Texas. He currently lives in Venice, California and spent time in Uganda researching Joseph Kony and the child soldiers of the LRA for the comic book, Unknown Soldier.

Q: What has Josh written?A: Josh is currently the writer of Harbinger from Valiant Comics and has previously written critically acclaimed runs on Unknown Soldier, Swamp Thing, Hellboy, B.P.R.D. and his creator owned Violent Messiahs. He has also written comic books for musicians Neil Young, Avril Lavigne and a six-issue series called Buddha: The Englightenment with Deepak Chopra.

We talk to Josh about his new Valiant title Harbinger, bringing real life themes and issues into comics, why comics are more widely accepted as art and entertainment in Asia and Europe than in the U.S., how a writer gets a job on a comic property, whether Toyo Harada or Professor X would win in a pie eating contest and much more.